The Indianapolis journal., 1887-07-01
ELOPED WITH A NEGRO,
Mary Devine, a White Girl of Rushville.
Runs Away With a Colored Plasterer.

Mary Deyine, a White Girl of Rushville,
Runs Away With a Colored Plasterer.
Chicago Tribune.
Two prisoners were taken to the Desplaines-
street station yesterday morning by Officer
Madden who attracted more attention from the
officers and others attached to the station than
any that have been lodged there for some time.
They were a white girl and colored man who
eloped from Lima o. The girls name is Mary
A. Devine She says she is twenty zone years old,
and, she stood at the bars narrating the story
ed rather a neat appearance though she is not
at all pretty. Sheis of medium height and is
high and prominent Her black hair arranged
in bangs shaded pair of small brown eyes
She a robe of some tan-colored material
that was tastily made and fitted her well. Her
hands were concealed in pair of long, heavily
stitched kid gloves that matched her dress. and
a light straw hat lay on the cell bench Neat
fitting butroned boots completed her costume
Altogether her appearance bore out her state
ment that ''ots of the white boys at home had
tried to keep steady company with her, and she
had been almost good engaged to two of
them" In another tier of cells was lodged the
she had chosen from the lists OF her rural ad-
mirers. He is powerfully built colored man of
unusually dark hue He was respectfully
dressed. A watch chain shone on his vest and
his shoes were brilliantly polished He had his
coat off and was studying railroad time-card
when the reporter accosted him. and answered
promptly. MY name is Logan A Dwight /
am about thirty-five years old, a plasterer by
trade, and born in Tennessee I
brought up unC0r the laen-yeS sir, a Slav0-an0
have only a common education" This last
in answer to question put by the reporter,
who had been told by the girl that he a
graduate of some university and had intended to
follow the ministry The girl was quite inclined
to talk about her peculiar affection. She has
only common-school education. and is not
naturally very bright. Her home is in Rush
Vile, Ind Her father, who is Irishman. and
works among the farmers in that locality digging
bitches, is separated from her mother. She has
a brother and two sisters, all of whom live in
Rushvlle. Here it was. three years ago. that
she first met Dwight She had gone into service
some five years before. and at that time
living with Mrs. Wilson. Or. Pugh lived in
the same house. and Dwight was his hostler.
to myself, Il want that man."
''Why?" queried the reporter.
30, he seemed different from the white
boys! He was so quiet and we'll behaved. The
white boys there stingy and mean"
Then she told how they began "going to-
and her friends Of that denomination par
ticulary severe in their criticisms of her con-
duct 'Last winter Dwight went to Lima, o.,
and got me a situation in the Heitzler House."
she said. He was working in the town. and
we kept up our intimacy until night before last,
when we decided to come to Chicago and get
married. At the Gault House l registered
Miss Hill / had a room alone in the front of
the house. Next morning, when we were going
after our trunks, up stepped a policeman and ar
rested u.s."
ssWhy they brought Logan around here in
front of the cell and had him stand about where
you are standing Then they told him that if
be did not marry me at once they would hang
him"
No charge has been preferred against them, as
they simply being held pending the arrival of
Marys father.